By: Ardis E. Parshall - July 24, 2018 Pioneer Women By Gertrude Ryder Bennett I always thought they left their homes and wentInto the wilderness, their hearts afire,Loving adventure, loath to be contentWith peaceful hearths, and stirred by strange desire.But now I know that there were those who castLong, hungry looks behind, who saw the trailAhead of them, were haunted by the past.These women were the leaves caught in a gale.Love came to...
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